THEY'RE HERE!!!!!!!!

THEY'RE HERE!!!!!

6 in total, 3 of each - all yellow except for 1 boy.

She looks so tired. When Carol went to take pictures Lani barely raised her head.

Mother and pups are doing fine. She started pushing at 8:10 am and fished around 2pm, not bad for 6 hours of work. And best of all since her new mom works in breeding she was able to go down and snap some pictures. My poor girl looks tired, and her pups look big.

Lani came through for me we will have our yellow girl.

Pretty sure the litter letter will be 'T' so bring on the names. We being a food loving Asian family from Hawaii extra credit to names meeting all criteria, so far we have : Tofu (bean curd), Tako (octopus), Tomato, Toast, Tamarind, Tamiko, Tiki, Timothy (ok not in any of the category, but ha a personal tie with her breeder keepers)

any others?

Not yet

Well I just got off the phone with Carol and she has been peeping at Lani in the monitor. She was panting earlier in the day, but has now settled down and is resting. So technically I guess that is part of pre-labor. I think she is just resting up for the big event. Most dogs I am told will wait 'till the dead of night before they actually give birth, so I hope that tonight is he night.

I guess if she doesn't progress anymore tonight they will strap on a belly monitor and watch her like they do pregnant women in the hospital. So hopefully I'll get a phone call in the mid-morning with the news.

Carol says she is doing fine. as she has progressed closer and closer to her due date, what I feared has come true...... she ran out of leg space! LOL I shouldn't laugh, but her short little legs did not offer enough clearance for her boobies, so when she squats to potty they drag in the cold grass - not a happy camper! Chalk it up to the sacrifices mommies make for their children.

OMG!
Lani could be the next octo-mom!
2 days and counting

4 days to go

The Tail of Two Dogs

THE TAIL OF
TWO DOGS

So when Nisha was here two weeks ago Waffle needed a bath. Hence the Halti. At three Waffle certainly knows he preparation for a bath and proceeds to make herself scarce. Do you know how hard it is to give an unwilling dog a bath AND keep a willing dog out of the bath. The whole time I'm trying to pry waffles little toes off the bath tub railing, Nisha is trying to get around me to hop into the tub. This is a sample of the conversation.

ME: Waffle come!.......
silence
ME: WAFFLE COME! NOW!!
SILENCE.....then the pitter patter of paws
ME: Not you Nisha, get out, No in the tu....Nisha NO!
NISHA: water, WATER! Me! Me! pick me!
WAFFLE: la la la la can't hear you! blah, blah, Waffle, blah, blah....
NISHA: I love water, I can blow bubbles and every thing. Hey that is water, WATER! Me! Me! pick me!
ME: Hmmmmm (very loudly) Nisha would you like a CARROT!
NISHA: carrots? why would I want a carrot? the TUB that's water, WATER! Me! Me! pick me!
the galloping sound of paws on hard wood
WAFFLE: Carrots? you're giving MY carrots to the squirt!!!!
NISHA: Did I tell you how much I love baths! water, WATER! Me! Me! pick me!
Waffle boldly pushes her way into the bathroom
ME: SUCKER! PIT's don't get treats
the sound of the bathroom door clicking shut! cue the dramatic music
NISHA: water, WATER! Me! Me! pick me!
WAFFLE: D'oh!
ME: HA HA HA HA (EVIL LAUGH)

So now I've got two dogs locked in a small bathroom. one trying to jump into the tub while the other is desperately wishing she had thumbs so she could open the door and make a run for it.

Most certainly a Tail of Two Dogs

memories......

Do you remember this pup's 1st day of work.

Such a chunky monkey

Who was a right shoulder girl!

With huge paws

'honest, I don't know how it got it my mouth'

And who could forget this belly

Ms. Lani Lu - before

Lani Lu - After (look at that belly now)

Wow what happened to my svelte little girl

look and that baby bump! or bumps actually. Her short little legs doesn't leave her much clearance. I wonder if she will get much bigger. Her people say she has gained 16 lbs, how much more can she go?
love you Lani Lu!

9 days and counting.

Missing GDB puppy!

thanks to Sara for the heads up. Please if you live in Nor Cal, spread the word.

Help Us Find Missing GDB Puppy, Gannon!

Hi all - we need your help in finding a lost GDB puppy in Lodi, Calif. The following is the media release we sent out today. Please keep your eyes and ears open if you're in the area, and pass this information along to anyone that might be able to help us locate the pup. Thanks so much.

San Rafael, Calif. (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is asking for your assistance in locating a lost puppy named Gannon. Gannon, a 3-month-old black Labrador Retriever male, is a Guide Dog puppy in training for the GDB puppy raising program.

Gannon was last seen on Friday morning, October 30 near the corner of Armstrong and Davis Roads. He may have been spotted early on Saturday afternoon in the area of Thorton Road, north of Stockton, between 8 Mile and DeVries Roads.

Gannon is being raised by a volunteer puppy raising family in Lodi, Calif. The puppy raiser families teach puppies, like Gannon, to have excellent house manners and socialize them to the world by introducing them to new people, places and experiences.

Gannon, like other Guide Dog puppies in training, stay in their puppy raising homes until they are approximately 15 – 18 months old. At that time they begin their formal guide work training at GDB and are eventually matched with blind students enrolled at the school.

Gannon has tattoos in both ears with his ID number and is wearing a black collar with Guide Dog tags. If you have any information about this lost puppy, please contact Jim Russell at 209-669-7657 or Guide Dogs for the Blind at 800-295-4050.

The Happiest Place on Earth

We took Nisha to Disneyland for a quick trip to see how it was decked out for halloween. We had this collar that has red flashy lights on it. It helps people see her int he dark. You can just see it flashing in the pic. Not sure she was too impressed with the whole thing. There were like tons of people there- shessh people it's a work day. Plus way too many kids out of control.

REALLY this one kid about 5 was hiding next to our table in the Pizza port, another kid around the same age comes up and whoops her on the head and runs off. So here is this kid on the floor crying and no parents in sight. The adults were not much better - just one thing to tell all of you adults who can't be bothered to teach or use basic good manners.

MY DOG IS BETTER BEHAVED THAN YOU and YOUR CHILD!

It was dark and there were too many people for good pictures. this was the best we could do.

All in all Nisha was really good just a little on edge, it's dark and crowded and we tried really hard to get out b4 the fireworks - but got held up in line. She saw/heard the start of the show and was a bit un-nerved. I'm not sure if she has ever been exposed to night crowds so I think she handled it pretty well. With just a bit of jumpy-ness.

Really want to take her back during the day with less people and more freedom to take some good pics. The train and the mono rail were down so no rides for Ms. Nisha. Sooo Saaaadddd. Next time honey-bun!

howl-een day

So Waffle and I went to Long Beach's Howln'ween day parade. Lots of cute pups and even stranger people. Waffle being a dignified former PIT chose just to be a pet black lab. She did a real good job of it too.

So this was the best costume of the day. Or is it just a hoax?

This guy should have been a 'bagel' he is a basset/beagle mix, instead he is a a pices of sushi

a gagle or is a pack of chickens

Where's the road runner?

Best use of a snuggie

only a dog that a mommy could love

Melli's a Mommie

If you remember Ms Melody we just got word that she had her pups two days early. Everyone was very worried because they though she was going into early labor. I guess they can't survive if they are more than 48 hours pre-term. They thought she had gone into labor on Monday, and they needed her to hold out until Sat. She lad lost her 1st litter. They don't know what happened, her keepers left her at Guide Dogs for the weekend while they were away. a few days after they picked her up they though she was acting funny and an ultra sound found out the pups were gone. No one knows what happened, she was fairly far along too, there was no evidence she had the pups it was just a mystery.

But happier news is that she had 7 pups, 2 each of the girls, and 3 yellow boys. Two are on the small side and are being monitored but big congrats to Ms. Meli